ABC7 is tracking crime and safety across the city of Chicago and in your neighborhood.
Sexual Assaults
Last 12 months
Through July 22
Average Sexual Assaults
Yearly average
2021 to 2023
Sexual Assault Rate
Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months
Average Sexual Assault Rate
Per 100,000 people
2020 to 2022
Sexual assaults over the last 12 months are
The city averaged
The figures included here are for cases Chicago police classify as “criminal sexual assault,” which includes any forcible rape - or attempted rape - of any person regardless of age or gender.
The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC7’s data team looked at the Chicago Police Department’s public data about sexual assault reports by neighborhood from 2019 through July 22, 2025.
The map color codes each neighborhood by the sexual assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blue areas are neighborhoods with sexual assault rates higher than the citywide rate. You can also choose to see neighborhoods by the number of reported sexual assaults.
Click on any neighborhood on the map to see detailed numbers, rates and trends. You can also search for a street name, place, landmark or zip code.